Pierson v. London

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

This is an action of trespass brought by Patrick Pierson, aged four years, by his father and next friend, Thomas A. Pierson, and by the parents of the said Patrick Pierson in their own right, to recover damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by Patrick Pierson. The statement of claim averred, inter alia, that on June 8, 1927, the minor plaintiff and another child, Rhuehanna Gray, aged fourteen years, went to defendant’s store and purchased a torpedo about three quarters of an inch in diameter, which contained a dynamite cap and small pebbles; that the…